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The transition from a classical to a quantum world as a passage from extensive to non-extensive thermodynamics

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1 chao-dyn Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We study the thermodynamical properties of the quantum kicked rotator, coarsened by an external fluctuation with a weak intensity D, by means of the Tsallis entropy with a changing entropic index q. The genuine entropic index, corresponding to given values of D and \hbar is that making the Tsallis entropy increase linearly in time, and it is proved to become q <1 for suitably large values of \hbar : This indicates a subdiffusional regime which, in turn, signals the occurrence of quantum localization. Thus the process of Anderson localization is shown to be compatible with a thermodynamical representation provided that a non-extensive form of entropy is used.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9810083,
  title  = {The transition from a classical to a quantum world as a passage from extensive to non-extensive thermodynamics},
  author = {Luigi Palatella and Paolo Grigolini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9810083},
  year   = {2007}
}

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